What is recorded here

Austin Cooper wrote in the 1780s that Bellew and Talbot crests marked the chest, possibly honouring Sir Thomas St Lawrence under Edward VI. The plain slab still rests beside the parish church in County Meath, carrying four faint crests along its long edge and one at the end. They may have belonged to a proud family, a forgotten ally or a man whose name disappeared before the stone was cut.

Situated within the graveyard (ME021-001002-). A chest tomb, consisting of a plain slab (dims 2.32m x 1.09m; T 7-13cm) with no devices resting on the S side-panel (L 1.89m; H 0.68m; T 12cm) and E end-panel (L 0.68m; H 0.58m plus; T 15cm) of a tomb are within the area of the parish church (ME021-001001-). The panels have lightly-incised crests – four on the long side and one on the end-panel. Austin Cooper, writing in the 1780s, describes a chest tomb with armorial crests, which he thought were of Bellew and Talbot, including that of Sir Thomas St Lawrence who held office under Edward VI (1547-53) (Price 1942, 106). The four on the long side are very similar and may represent Bellew and Talbot. See the attached views of the tomb from S (002) and SE (011). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 December, 2014

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